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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to enterprise zones; creating
3 s. 290.0069, F.S.; authorizing the Office of
4 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to
5 designate an enterprise zone in Liberty County;
6 providing requirements with respect thereto;
7 authorizing the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
8 Economic Development to designate an enterprise
9 zone in Columbia County; providing requirements
10 with respect thereto; authorizing the Office of
11 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to
12 designate an enterprise zone in Suwannee
13 County; providing requirements with respect
14 thereto; providing an extended application
15 period for certain businesses to claim tax
16 incentives; authorizing the Office of Tourism,
17 Trade, and Economic Development to designate an
18 enterprise zone in Gadsden County; providing
19 requirements with respect thereto; authorizing
20 municipalities to designate satellite
21 enterprise zones; providing conditions under
22 which a local government may amend the
23 boundaries of an enterprise zone that contains
24 a brownfield pilot program; providing an
25 effective date.
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27 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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29 Section 1. Section 290.0069, Florida Statutes, is
30 created to read:
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1 290.0069 Enterprise zone designation for Liberty
2 County.--Liberty County may apply to the Office of Tourism,
3 Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one
4 enterprise zone within an area in Liberty County that is south
5 of the border between Liberty and Gadsden Counties, south of
6 Highway 12, east of Highway 271, and north of Highway 20. The
7 application must be submitted by December 31, 1999, and must
8 comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding
9 the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of
10 enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones
11 within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade,
12 and Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone
13 under this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
14 Development shall establish the initial effective date of the
15 enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.
16 Section 2. Columbia County, or Columbia County and the
17 municipality of Lake City jointly, may apply to the Office of
18 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of
19 one enterprise zone encompassing an area within the county, or
20 within both the county and the municipality. In identifying
21 the area to be nominated for designation as an enterprise
22 zone, Columbia County, or Columbia County and the municipality
23 of Lake City jointly, shall seek to maximize the strategic
24 economic development advantages resulting from the
25 intersection of Interstate 75 and Interstate 10 within
26 Columbia County. The application must be submitted by December
27 31, 1999, and must comply with the requirements of section
28 290.0055, Florida Statutes. Notwithstanding the provisions of
29 section 290.0065, Florida Statutes, limiting the total number
30 of enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise
31 zones within a population category, the Office of Tourism,
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1 Trade, and Economic Development may designate one enterprise
2 zone under this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and
3 Economic Development shall establish the initial effective
4 date of the enterprise zone designated pursuant to this
5 section.
6 Section 3. Suwannee County, or Suwannee County and the
7 municipality of Live Oak jointly, may apply to the Office of
8 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of
9 one enterprise zone encompassing an area within the county, or
10 within both the county and the municipality. In identifying
11 the area to be nominated for designation as an enterprise
12 zone, Suwannee County, or Suwannee County and the municipality
13 of Live Oak jointly, shall seek to maximize the strategic
14 economic development advantages resulting from the
15 intersection of Interstate 75 and Interstate 10. The
16 application must be submitted by December 31, 1999, and must
17 comply with the requirements of section 290.0055, Florida
18 Statutes. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065,
19 Florida Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise
20 zones designated and the number of enterprise zones within a
21 population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
22 Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under
23 this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
24 Development shall establish the initial effective date of the
25 enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.
26 Section 4. Notwithstanding the time limitations
27 contained in chapters 212 and 220, Florida Statutes, relating
28 to enterprise zone tax incentives, a business that was
29 purchased in February 1992 within an area of Tampa that
30 received a designation as an enterprise zone under section
31 290.0065, Florida Statutes, effective July 1, 1995, and that
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1 was eligible to receive enterprise zone tax incentives from
2 July 1, 1995, to July 1, 1998, must submit an application for
3 the tax incentives by December 1, 1999. All other requirements
4 of the enterprise zone program apply to such a business.
5 Section 5. Gadsden County may apply to the Office of
6 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of
7 one enterprise zone encompassing an area within the county.
8 The application must be submitted by December 31, 1999, and
9 must comply with the requirements of section 290.0055, Florida
10 Statutes. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065,
11 Florida Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise
12 zones designated and the number of enterprise zones within a
13 population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
14 Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under
15 this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
16 Development shall establish the initial effective date of the
17 enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.
18 Section 6. Before December 31, 1999, any municipality
19 an area of which has previously received designation as an
20 Enterprise Zone in the population category described in
21 section 290.0065(3)(a)3., Florida Statutes, may create a
22 satellite enterprise zone not exceeding 1.5 square miles in
23 area outside of and, notwithstanding anything contained in
24 section 290.0055(4), Florida Statutes, or any other law, in
25 addition to the previously designated enterprise zone
26 boundaries. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
27 Development shall amend the boundaries of the areas previously
28 designated by any such municipality as enterprise zones upon
29 receipt of a resolution adopted by the municipality describing
30 the satellite enterprise zone areas, as long as the additional
31 areas are consistent with the categories, criteria, and
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1 limitations imposed by section 290.0055, Florida Statutes.
2 However, the requirements imposed by section 290.0055(4)(d),
3 Florida Statutes, do not apply to such satellite enterprise
4 zone areas.
5 Section 7. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
6 contrary, the governing body of a municipality or a county
7 containing a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency brownfield
8 pilot project that was designated as of May 1, 1997, may apply
9 to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
10 before December 31, 1999, to amend the boundaries of an
11 enterprise zone designated in a municipality or a county
12 containing such brownfield pilot project. The office shall
13 approve the application to amend the boundaries of the
14 enterprise zone if the added area does not increase the
15 overall size of the expanded zone more than its original size
16 or 20 square miles, whichever is larger.
17 Section 8. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
18 law.
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